Twentieth Century Fox Implements USA Video’s Watermarking
Thursday, 04 December 2008
Corporate Update of Twentieth Century Fox Implementation of USA Video’s Watermarking Content Protection Technology.

Niantic, CT –December 5, 2008 - USA Video Interactive Corp (OTCBB: USVO) (TSX.V: US.V), a developer of digital forensics technologies, and www.DigitalMediaStocks.com, an investor and industry portal for the digital media sector within Investorideas.com, have released a corporate update in a Podcast format with Patrick Gregston, Head of Business Development at USVO.  

USA Video Interactive Corp. designs and markets technology to help content owners, such as the major movie studios and premium television programmers, enforce their revenue streams.  In addition to these content producers, USVO’s MediaEscort(TM), MediaSentinel(TM) and SmartMark(TM) digital watermarking products and technologies are designed for service providers that deliver their content to the consumer.

Mr. Gregston notes that based on their recent research for their business plan, the industry data is very supportive of their technology and sector moving forward.  He also reports that digital media technologies remain part of a growing and booming sector in spite of current economic concerns. Market and industry analysts covering the digital media and entertainment sectors agree.  

“Digital watermarking is becoming an increasingly essential part of the overall content security equation, as the value of content increases,” said Steven Hawley, principal analyst for tvstrategies, which focuses on IPTV, related content distribution models and their enabling technologies. “Studios already require IPTV, cable and direct-to-home satellite TV operators to secure their content from unauthorized use through the use of conditional access and encryption.  The addition of watermarking will help open major new revenue windows for higher-quality content, such as home theatre, and reduce anxiety levels among content owners that worry about uncontrolled distribution of their content over the Internet.”

The fact that one of the top studios is already adopting USVO technologies adds weight to USVO’s story.  Mr. Gregston updates listeners on previously announced news that Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment implemented MediaEscort(TM), to protect the Studio's filmed entertainment content, and where the company is at today in terms of adjusting and fine tuning the application for them.

Mr. Gregston also comments on new prospects and opportunities in the pipeline both internally from Fox and other divisions of News Corporation, as well as from others within the industry.  “We have a pretty clear indication from the industry leaders that they would like to watermark everything,” said Mr. Gregston.  “Watermarking security will enable them to engage the digital marketplace in a different way. They can successfully enforce their copyright, as opposed to being focused on how to prevent content theft.”

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USA Video Interactive Corp. ("USVO") designs and markets technology for delivery of digital media. USVO developed its MediaEscort(TM), MediaSentinel(TM) and SmartMark(TM) digital watermarking products and technology to provide a robust means for producers and distributors to invisibly protect their content. USA Video Technology Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of USVO, holds the pioneering patent for store-and-forward video, filed in 1990 and issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on July 14, 1992; it has been cited by at least 165 other patents. USVO holds similar patents in Germany, Canada, England, France, Spain, Italy, and Japan. Visit www.usvo.com or the company showcase on Investoideas.com at: http://www.investorideas.com/CO/USVO/Default.asp

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